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Tesla drivers in Seattle join wave of trade-ins amid Musk backlash — but some are holding on

Carter Rabasa recognizes that the financials of trading in his 2020 Tesla don’t look great. But he thinks the optics of staying in the car were much worse. Last week,… Read More

Tesla retains advantage in Washington state as effort stalls to expand direct EV sales

The third time was not the charm for a coalition that was pushing to level the playing field for electric vehicle sales in Washington state. A bipartisan effort aiming to… Read More

Tesla could lose its big EV sales advantage in Washington state if lawmakers pass new rules

Tesla could soon lose its electric vehicle sales advantage as Washington state lawmakers are taking their third shot at legislation that would give Rivian, Lucid and others the right to… Read More

AI-generated images of "Cybertruck on Mars."

Cybertrucks on Mars? Space advocates and NASA consider ideas for sample return

Tesla’s Cybertruck may look ungainly on Earth, but a pressurized version of the vehicle might be just the thing for gathering up samples of Martian rock and soil for return… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Inside a Tesla Cybertruck; how police dogs find devices; Ballmer’s comedian son

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Reporter Kurt Schlosser takes us inside a Tesla Cybertruck, explains what it was like to drive one, and tells us how people reacted to… Read More

tesla cybertruck

Love it or hate it, Tesla Cybertruck turns heads in Seattle as GeekWire test drives futuristic EV

“Does it still have that new spaceship smell?” That was the quip from Dave Boone, walking past the GeekWire office in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood last week as Javier Luraschi pulled… Read More

Rivian, Lucid and other EVs stuck in park by failed effort to change car sales laws in Washington

If you own one of the 3,853 Rivians registered in Washington, odds are you didn’t test drive the electric vehicle in the state. That’s because the law bars Rivian from… Read More

Spendy and slow Tesla repairs frustrate drivers as automotive tech drives up cost of collisions

When Kelly Campbell bought a metallic gray Tesla last year, the Seattle resident was delighted. The luxury features, the stellar safety ratings — it was the car she’d been waiting… Read More

On the EV road again: A year after using an electric Mustang, father and son try a Tesla for long drive

Last summer, Aaron Blank and his son hit the road between Seattle and Los Angeles for a baseball-fueled journey that had more misses than hits, thanks to repeated confusion and… Read More

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s back-to-office edict reignites debate on remote work — here’s what other tech leaders say

If you work for Tesla and you’ve been doing that job from home since the pandemic started, be wary if there’s a knock at the door. It might be Elon… Read More

Elon Musk and Kara Swisher

Elon Musk chats about Starship and space telescopes … and Jeff Bezos’ rocket envy

In the latest chapter of a long-running space spat, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at his billionaire rival Jeff Bezos today with a barrage of double entendres that were… Read More

Tesla opening new showroom south of downtown Seattle near The Shop, a hangout for car geeks

Tesla is opening a new showroom and service center south of downtown Seattle, marking the seventh location in the region for the electric vehicle maker. The new location is at… Read More

Musk and Bezos

Tesla stock surge helps power Elon Musk past Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world

Update, Thursday, 4:15 p.m. PT: According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk’s net worth late Thursday stood at $195 billion, as the Tesla CEO gained $13 billion in a… Read More

‘He has no clue’: Elon Musk offers blunt criticism of Bill Gates’ take on electric trucks

While Elon Musk plans to keep on (electric) truckin’, don’t expect him to pick up a hitchhiking Bill Gates. The latest beef between the billionaires bubbled up on Twitter over… Read More

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President Trump tweets support for Elon Musk as Tesla reopens Calif. car factory amid pandemic

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dispute with county authorities over the reopening of the company’s California car factory was injected into President Donald Trump’s Twitterstream today. Musk has been warring with… Read More

Billionaire beef: Elon Musk charged up over Bill Gates’ purchase of an electric Porsche over a Tesla

Elon Musk seems unhappy about fellow uber rich person Bill Gates’ choice in vehicles. Gates revealed in an interview with popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee that he recently bought a Porsche… Read More

Hardware isn’t hard: A startup playbook for succeeding in a sector where many have failed

[Editor’s Note: Anup Chathoth is CEO of Seattle startup Ubi Interactive, maker of virtual interactive whiteboard technology and a graduate of the Kinect Techstars Seattle accelerator. In this guest post,… Read More

Elon Musk and Donald Trump

‘He does good at rockets’: President Trump pays tangled tribute to Elon Musk’s tech triumphs

President Donald Trump is said to be closely watching the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill, but he’s also watching what billionaire techie Elon Musk is doing at SpaceX and Tesla… Read More

Elon Musk and Cybertruck

Elon Musk shatters stereotypes (and windows) with Tesla’s all-electric, edgy Cybertruck

Amid clouds of smoke and “Blade Runner” hype, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a hard-edged, all-electric pickup truck that will cost as little as $39,900 and is due to hit… Read More

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Podcast

Geared Up: Huge Apple leaks, Tesla Model 3, new MacBook Pros, and more

This week on the Geared Up podcast we have a couple of big leaks out of Apple that give us a glimpse of what to expect from the upcoming iOS… Read More

Elon Musk with Model Y

Tesla gets a boost after $2.7B debt and stock offering that Elon Musk is buying into

Update for 11:15 p.m. PT May 5: Tesla has increased the size of its stock and bond offering to $2.7 billion, and CEO Elon Musk has raised the amount of… Read More

Elon Musk and Tesla Model 3

Elon Musk touches on his Twitter tactics after settling with SEC over Tesla tweets

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep his Twitter habit in check — and feels comfortable enough with the arrangement to… Read More

Elon Musk, Semi and Roadster

Despite a down quarter, Tesla is planning new products — including car insurance

Tesla today reported wider-than-expected financial losses in the first quarter — due to what the company said were delivery challenges, a seasonal dip in demand and the unanticipated effects of… Read More

Tesla front seat

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils his Robotaxi concept for a self-driving rideshare fleet

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, laid out a vision for a huge fleet of self-driving electric vehicles that owners could share with friends or other riders, with Tesla getting a… Read More

This new Seattle high-rise condo tower will come with Tesla cars that residents can rent

A high-rise condo complex under construction near Seattle’s Pike Place Market will come with an interesting perk for residents: On-demand Tesla vehicles. Developers of The Emerald are partnering with Envoy… Read More

Elon Musk with Model Y

‘We are bringing S3XY back’: Tesla’s Elon Musk introduces Model Y crossover SUV

Tesla CEO Elon Musk finished spelling out an all-electric acronym by lifting the veil on the Model Y, a crossover SUV that’s due to hit the market in the fall… Read More

Tesla Model 3

Tesla starts selling $35,000 Model 3 electric cars and shifts to online-only sales

Tesla is finally following through on its pledge to sell its Model 3 electric cars at the standard price of $35,000, but says it’s shutting down on-the-spot showroom sales to… Read More

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Tesla’s fortunes spin after SEC accuses CEO Elon Musk of violating a tweet deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in trouble again with the Securities and Exchange Commission, this time over a 13-word tweet. The SEC filed a motion in federal court on Monday,… Read More

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk places future bets on Model Y electric SUV — and on China

As big as the Model 3 electric car is for the future of Tesla, the sport utility vehicle known as the Model Y could be bigger, according to CEO Elon… Read More

In new lawsuit, ex-Tesla engineer claims company is trying to ‘catastrophically damage’ her

A former Tesla engineer has filed a defamation lawsuit against the company, the latest twist in her years-long legal battle against her ex-employer. Cristina Balan is an engineer who resides in… Read More

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